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v. stroke, touch, feel; fish for, fumble; try to find out; go in the dark, grope for
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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láo hǔ pì gǔ -- mō bù dé
phr. the tiger's buttocks -- you cannot touch, (fig., of a person) arrogant, conceited
mō qīng shì shí
phr. find out the fact
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mián hua mō qǐ lai ruán ruǎn de .
phr. Cotton feels soft.
fǔ mō
v. caress, fondle
mō suǒ
v. grope, feel about, fumble
máng rén mō xiàng
phr. A blind man feels an elephant, only touching some part of it, and concluding what the elephant is like. (means drawing a conclusion from incomplete data)
mō bù zháo tóu nǎo
v. be unable to understand what it is all about
tōu tōu mō mō
adj. surreptitious, sneaky
mō hēi
v. grope about in the dark
bù néng mō
v. cannot touch
mō cǎi
v. draw a prize from a grab bag; cast/ draw lots; have/ hold a raffle
hún shuǐ mō yú
idiom. catch fish in troubled waters -- acquire profit in disturbance
mō tòu le mǒu rén de pí qi
phr. have a thorough knowledge of one's temper
tōu jī mō gǒu
idiom. to steal, to do things stealthily; to have illicit relations with women
hún shuǐ mō yú
idiom. catch fish in troubled waters -- acquire profit in disturbance
mō pá gún dǎ
idiom. go through arduous training or hard work, go through numerous hardships
qí zǎo mō hēi
idiom. to work hard from dawn to dusk
shùn téng mō guā
idiom. follow the vine to get the melon, (fig.) to investigate by following the clues